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End of Scottish Half-term flights using English based aircraft to run extra's and then usually to return to the English base to operate the outbound extra English half-term flights.

LY-NVX was also used from Glasgow and then returned to BHX to operate an extra English half-term to Tenerife although Birmingham and Solihull schools break up next Friday but Coventry and some others are this week. October half-term in the Midlands has been spread over 3 weeks this year instead of 1 or 2 and this will help passenger figures no-end but I am not sure if it is the same for the North West

Pete

Also Jet2 positioned from GLA - LBA and 2 B738ís to STN as well as 1 from EDI to MAN. As said they are all to run extra flights for mid term - the opposite should happen next week positioning MAN - GLA as the aircraft will have operated GLA - XXX - MAN with pax then empty back to home base in GLA.

As a non-professional I have to say that I always value the contributions of LAX LHR (and others) on this forum. As an enthusiastic amateur interested in all things travel I appreciate the views of others. Yes, some have an axe to grind, others are clearly full throttle behind Manchester and the airport. But I think we are all adult enough to read, inwardly digest, review in our minds and objectively understand what is being said. So what if some are ardent supporters of Manchester and others are its strongest critics. I for one value all this. There is no need to be nasty towards any contributor who has a view to put forward

Just in case anyone doesn’t know, the new A555 link road Man Airport >Hazel Grove opened last Monday. Great if you live near the Hazel Grove area but for those of us in N Derbyshire/S Yorks it’s not much of a help because the 6 miles+ from the A555/A6 junction to the northern end of the Chapel bypass down the A6 is still a real pain. It’s c 6.2 miles but took me 22 mins last Wed evening

If you are coming from the N Derbyshire area etc to the Airport, what about the time saving from Hazel Grove to the Airport?. Around 13 -15 minutes journey time now compared to 30 - 45 minutes in the past depending on time of day and the route you took. There are some plans in discussion for a Disley by pass as I understand it.

For my two penn'orth, LAX-LHR lacks balance in his posts. He has inside knowledge which allows him to post details of new or additional services, but fails to balance that with details of reducing or ceasing services. I know he feels that is not his function, but he then comes across as a happy clappy cheerleader and not an informed contributor.

LAX_LHR contribution is excellent as are his many interesting and informative posts. His insights are highly valued by myself and others.

 JAL (Japan Airlines) met our network team to lay the foundations for a long-term plan to securea Tokyo service. We know that such a service is unlikely in the next two years, but it is importantto position ourselves correctly as the Airline look to grow international services. Forecasts showvery strong passenger demand for connectivity between Manchester and Tokyo, over the next fiveyears. We need to harness this growth and continue our discussions. JAL showed a considerablelevel of interest and underlined that they saw Manchester as an Airport for their mainline productrather than their newly launched Low-Cost Carrier. ANA (All Nippon Airways) also met with the network team to discuss the Manchester opportunityand again, like JAL they showed a good level of interest. ANA believe that the additional capacity,which is being added to Narita and Haneda airports, brings with it opportunities for services toairports such as Manchester

MAN - BKK in 2017 by those 3 carriers accounted for > 114,000 pax.Emirates with 52k is just over 5% of its total carryings on MAN-DXB.Not checked the annual figures for QR for MAN-DOH but with almost 34k pax on their flights for BKK, in percentage terms they could be affected most if there is finally a non-stop service to MAN.

The article goes on to say the market between MAN and BKK on indirect flights with 1 stop was just under 150,000 pax in 2017.

Virgin Atlantic Just looking up MAN-BOSfor next summer and the 3 x weekly flights are showing no premium economy when I looked at dates flexible in September.

I thought the A332s they acquired were being refitted to VS standards and that P/E would be included. Is this not the case now? Edit: Oh, putting in specific dates on the days the flights operate now shows P/E. available and price. Interesting that the A332 wasn't showing on seat guru when I last checked

i think Iím right in saying that previous -800 and Max deliveries have stopped twice en route to Delhi, but these Maxís just made the one stop at MAN. Roughly halfway to Delhi, and 24 hour opening probably clinched it.

Several years ago, if I recall a large proportion of an African airlines (Kenyan?) 737 fleet was delivered via Manchester. As noted above MAN is a 24 hour highest category facility with unrestricted runways roughly half way on the great circle routing and with Boeing approved engineers always on site. Many years ago, Boeing had their own operational engineering staff and liveried vehicles on site, this was at the start of TATL ETOPS and the introduction into service of the larger twin jets. They also had an office in the Cheadle Heath area, not sure if it's still there though.

No the office and sims closed a few years back and the lovely lady who worked there arranged a trip on the B757 sim one afternoon which was meant to be about 30 mins and ended at 1hour 30 mins with the trainer which was wonderful.

Destinations that are either new (no passengers since my records started in January 2005), or have not been served for a number of years - if the latter then the month and year of the last service is shown.

Jet Airways 130 is airborne and heading for MAN. Not the first-ever service to/from Mumbai but the first for a good few years, and this one stands a chance of success and endurance. Elsewhere MAN is reporting internally (presumably based on provisional October figures) that the airport has passed the rolling 28 Million passengers per annum for the first time in its history. Certainly now that the Monarch effect has dropped out the figures are looking very positive.